Nervous Hamas takes on jihadi threat
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Still recovering from a devastating war with Israel last summer, Gaza’s Hamas rulers now find themselves confronting a new internal threat: jihadi militants who support the...
View Article10 things to know, Monday, June 8
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. What’s on the agenda at G-7 Iraq’s premier and the presidents of Nigeria and Tunisia will...
View ArticleSwedish ship intercepted without incident before breaching Gaza blockade
JERUSALEM — Israel’s navy intercepted a Swedish vessel attempting to breach a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip early Monday and was redirecting it to an Israeli port, the military and the activists...
View Article10 things to know, Monday, June 29
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Greek banks remain shut as economic crisis deepens Pensioners queue up by ATMs from dawn...
View ArticleFrustration grows in Gaza following war, but Hamas remains entrenched
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Emad Firi is angry. During last summer’s Israel-Hamas war, a shell slammed through the roof of his house and shredded his right leg. Unable to work, Firi’s son now drives his...
View Article10 things to know, Tuesday, June 30
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Crunch time arrives for Greece With the European part of its international bailout expiring...
View Article‘Life will not stop': Gaza neighborhood hard-hit by shelling tries to move on
SHIJAIYAH, Gaza Strip — After weeks of sharing cramped quarters with relatives during last year’s war between Hamas and Israel, 39-year-old Mohammed al-Selek thought nothing of it when he heard the...
View Article10 things to know, Monday, July 6
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Greek finance minister resigns after ‘no’ bailout vote “I shall wear the creditors’ loathing...
View ArticleTwo Israeli citizens held in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said Thursday. The announcement, made after months of secrecy,...
View Article10 things to know, Thursday, July 9
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Flag’s days are numbered in South Carolina after historic vote After 54 years flying over the...
View ArticleCharity’s ocular prosthetics help victims of Gaza Strip violence
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Imad Abu Wadi barely slept after losing his right eye during the summer 2014 war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The 26-year-old, then engaged, was waiting eagerly...
View Article10 things to know, Wednesday, Oct. 28
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Who enters third GOP debate with momentum The Republican candidates for president will gather...
View ArticleViolence erupts as Kerry visits Netanyahu in Israel
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint on Tuesday, wounding three, Israel’s military said, as U.S. Secretary of State John...
View ArticleSilicon Valley? No, Gaza Strip: War-torn area home to small but growing...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — As a student graduating from computer college two years ago, Mohammed Qudih was dreading the “painful” unemployment in the Gaza Strip — a war-battered coastal territory where...
View Article10 things to know, Tuesday, Dec. 8
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. Trump escalates GOP rhetoric on Muslims For most of the Republican front-runner’s rivals in...
View Article‘Season of rage’ continues in West Bank as Israeli-Palestinian conflict shows...
RAMALLAH, West Bank — On a recent morning, Palestinian taxi driver Shadi Kaseeb dropped off his two oldest children at school before picking up his first passenger — a seemingly routine start to his...
View ArticleIn most places, New Year’s revelers unfazed by thoughts of terror
In Bangkok, police-flanked partygoers will ring in the new year at the site of a deadly bombing that took place just months ago. In Paris, residents recovering from their city’s own deadly attacks will...
View ArticlePalestinians criticize Airbnb West Bank listings, saying it perpetuates...
Like many vacation rental operators around the world, Moshe Gordon has listed his property on Airbnb, luring visitors with a stunning vista of desert landscape and boasting of proximity to both...
View ArticleGaza zoos steadily declining, as animals die of hunger, diseases
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The African tiger at the zoo in southern Gaza Strip was emaciated, its belly shrunken and its striped coat hanging loose. It strode nervously up and down its cage. “I swear to God...
View ArticleGaza sewage poisons coastline, threatens Israel
SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip — Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip’s Mediterranean beachfront, spewing out of a metal pipe and turning miles of once-scenic coastline...
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